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New Report Highlights Potential for Advanced Coal Technologies in U.S.

February 8, 2019

The U.S. could deliver both the fuel diversity and emissions reductions voters want by embracing innovation and encouraging the adoption of advanced coal technologies, the National Mining Association (NMA) highlighted in a new report conducted by Wood Mackenzie and national

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Silver One Satisfies Third Option Payment for Candelaria Silver Mine Project, Nevada

February 8, 2019

Silver One Resources Inc. has made the latest option payment to SSR Mining Inc. by issuing a total of 5,827,338 shares at a deemed price of US$1 million. “Our 2018 work at Candelaria continued to demonstrate the upside prospects at

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Charles Ungurean Acquires Westmoreland’s Ohio Coal Assets

February 7, 2019

Charles Ungurean, the founder of Oxford Resource Partners, successfully bid for Westmoreland Coal’s Ohio assets, according to a filing posted late Monday by the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Entities controlled by distressed coal asset buyers

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Lawmakers Grapple Over Future of Montana Coal Industry

February 7, 2019

The state of Montana’s coal industry is in flux. Conservationists blame the market’s move away from fossil fuels. Industry leaders blame strict regulations. Either way, the future of coal is up for debate, and a recent committee hearing in Montana’s

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Select Materials Acquires Columbus Ohio Industrial and Frac Sand Mine

February 7, 2019

The transaction is Select Materials second sand mine and first endeavor into the frac sand market.  The site will be managed by CEO Michael Leister. Leister, 43, holds a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University in Chemical Engineering, and a master’s

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Alcoa Warrick Operations Puts Liberty Mine Expansion on Hold, Indiana

February 7, 2019

Alcoa Warrick Operations said it has “decided to put on hold” a long-discussed expansion of coal mining at Liberty Mine, in northern Warrick County. The expansion plan was controversial with Boonville city government officials and a group of residents near

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Trump Picks David Bernhardt to Lead Department of Interior

February 7, 2019

“I am pleased to announce that David Bernhardt, Acting Secretary of the Interior, will be nominated as Secretary of the Interior,” Trump tweeted Monday. “David has done a fantastic job from the day he arrived, and we look forward to

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U.S. Labor Department: Coal Mining Unemployment Fell to Record Low in 2018

February 7, 2019

It’s been two years since President Donald Trump took office and began rolling back environmental regulations on the coal industry. At a November rally in Huntington, West Virginia, the president took credit for a coal comeback in front of a

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Paringa Signs Third Coal Sales Agreement with Big Rivers Electric, Kentucky

February 5, 2019

Paringa Resources announced that it has signed a sales agreement with Big Rivers Electric (BREC) for coal sales from its Poplar Grove Mine, totaling up to 1,400,000 tons of coal from 2019 to 2023. The sales agreement with BREC takes

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Illinois Regulators Hear Public Comments Over Permit Renewal for Foresight’s Deer Run Coal Mine

February 5, 2019

Illinois coal mine regulators took the next step in a methodical process that could lead to the reopening of Foresight Energy’s long-idled Deer Run, or Hillsboro, longwall mine in Montgomery County by soliciting public comments during an informal conference held

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